Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- pronoun Myself. Used as a reflexive when we is used instead of I by a singular speaker or author, as in an editorial or a royal proclamation.
- pronoun Nonstandard Ourselves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Myself: relating to we and us, when used of a single person, as in the regal or formal style.
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- pronoun The
reflexive of theeditorial orroyal we ;myself as used by a writer or speaker who would refer to himself in thenominative case as we. (Normally, the reflexive case of we isourselves ).
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Examples
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Our inner being, which we call ourself, no eye nor touch of man or angel has ever pierced.
Solitude of Self 1892
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It would appear, then, that what we call ourself must have a
Lectures on Art Washington Allston 1811
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Whilst the Liberal Democrats cannot rule out a pact with Labour if a hung parliament occurred, it is important to make sure that at the moment we distance ourself from the courting that is currently taking place by both Labour and the Tories.
Oh no, not the cut vs investment line again Brown! « My Political Ramblings… 2010
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Like I said before we shoot at running deer because we have confidence in ourself that we can do it.
I ran into a hunter a bit back at a sporting goods store. We got to talking about deer hunting. 2009
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Like I said before we shoot at running deer because we have confidence in ourself that we can do it.
I ran into a hunter a bit back at a sporting goods store. We got to talking about deer hunting. 2009
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(Jane Watkinson) Whilst the Liberal Democrats cannot rule out a pact with Labour if a hung parliament occurred, it is important to make sure that at the moment we distance ourself from the courting that is currently taking place by both Labour and the Tories.
Oh no, not the cut vs investment line again Brown! « My Political Ramblings… 2010
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Lets extrange ourself from the rest of the world because we don't understand them.
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After the tiring shopping, we decided to entertain ourself by playing foosball.
Archive 2006-05-01 Jerine 2006
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After the tiring shopping, we decided to entertain ourself by playing foosball.
This Is The Mad Style Jerine 2006
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We have isolated ourself from the rest of the world, Bolton is just the bulldog on the porch holding everyone out.
Think Progress » Bolton Blasts Annan for Criticizing U.S. Support of Somali Warlords 2006
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